Passage1
TherearestoriesabouttwoU．Spreside
ts，A
drewJackso
a
dMarti
Va
Bure
，
whichattempttoexplai
theAmerica
E
glishtermOK．Wedo
tk
owifeitherstoryis
true，buttheyarebothi
teresti
．g．
Thefirstexpla
atio
isbasedo
thefactthatPreside
tJackso
hadverylittleeducatio．
．I

fact，hehaddifficultyreadi
ga
dwriti
．g．Whe
importa
tpaperscametoJackso
，hetried
toreadthema
dthe
hadhisassista
tsexplai
whattheysa．id．Ifheapprovedofapape．．rhe
wouldwrite“allcorrect”o
．i．tTheproblemwasthathedid
tk
owhowtospe．l．lSowhathe
reallywrotewas“olkorekt”．Afterawhile，heshorte
edthattermto“OK”．
Theseco
dexpla
atio
isbasedo
theplacewherePreside
tVa
Bure
wasbor
，
Ki
derhook，NewYo．rk．Va
B
re
sfrie
dsorga
izedaclubtohelphimbecomePreside
t
Theyca
edtheclubtheOldKi
derhookClub，a
da
yo
ewhosupportedVa
Bure
was
called“OK”．
31．Theauthor
AbelievesbothofthestoriesB．does
tbelieveawordofthestories
C．is
otsurewhetherthestoriesaretrueDistelli
gthestoriesjustforfu
32
Accordi
gtothepassage，Preside
tJackso

A．could
tdrawupa
ydocume
tsatall
Bdid
tliketoreadimporta
tpapers
byhimself
C．ofte
hadhisassista
tssig
docume
tsforhimDwas
tgoodatreadi
g，writi
g
orspelli
g33．Accordi
gtothefirststorytheterm“OK”Awasapprovedofby
Preside
tJackso
B．wasthetitleofsomeOfficialdocume
ts
C．wasfirstusedbyPreside
tJackso
D．wasa
oldwaytospell“allcorrect
34Accordi
gtotheseco
dstory，theterm‘‘OK”
A．wastheshortwaytosay‘‘oldKi
derhookClub”B．mea
ttheplacewhere
Preside
tVa
Bure
wasbor

C．wasthe
ameofVa
Bure
sclub
D．wasusedtocallVa
Bure
s
supportersi
theelectio

35．Accordi
gtotheseco
dsto．ry．theterm“OK”wasfirstused__
A．byVa
Bure

B．i
apreside
tialelectio

C．toorga
izetheOldKi
derhookClubD．bythemembersofthe‘‘OldKi
derhook
Club”
Passage2
AlthoughtheU
itedStatescoverssomuchla
da
dthela
dproducesfarmorefoodtha
the
prese
tpopulatio
eeds，itspeopleareby
owalmoste
tirelya
urba
societyLesstha
a
te
thofthepeoplearee
gagedi
agriculturea
dforestry林业，a
dmostoftherestlivei

orarou
dtow
s，smalla
dlarg．e．Herethetraditio
alpictureischa
gi
g：everysmalltow

maystillbeverylikeothersmalltow
s，a
dthetypicalsmalltow
mayreprese
tawidely
acceptedviewofthecou
try，butmostAmerica
sdo
otlivei
smalltow
sa
ymo．re．Half
thepopulatio
owlivesi
somethirtymetropolita
areas1argecitieswiththeirsuburbs、of
moretha
amillio
peopleeachalargerproportio
tha
i
Germa
yorE
gla
d，letalo
e
fFra
c．e．Thestatistics统计ofurba
a
druralpopulatir